THE Pulitzer Prize considered the greatest in journalism, announced its winners in a virtual ceremony this Monday (9).
The 106th class of Pulitzer Prize winners in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music was announced at 4pm on a YouTube broadcast.
The awards, given since 1917, were set out in the will of influential newspaper editor Joseph Pulitzer, who died in 1911 and left money to help start a school of journalism at Columbia University and establish the winners.
The initial award began with four nominations in journalism, four in literature and theater, one in education and five in travel. Today, they typically honor 15 categories in media reporting, writing and photography, as well as seven awards in books, drama and music.
A board made up primarily of senior editors from major US media and academics presides over the judging process that determines the winners.
See the winners
The Washington Post won a public service Pulitzer for its coverage of the invasion of the United States Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump in January 2021.
A group of photographers from Getty Images won the “Breaking News” category for photos taken on the day of the Capitol invasion.
Reuters won in the feature film photography category for its coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in India.
The New York Times newspaper won three awards: one for national reporting for coverage of police checkpoints; another for international reporting analyzing the failures of the US air war in the Middle East; and a third for criticism of Salamishah Tillet, in an analysis that included the participation of several writers on race in the arts and culture.
An Insider team won the Pulitzer for reporting illustrated by a comic book titled “How I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp”.
Quanta Magazine, an online publication covering physics, mathematics, biology and computer science, took the explanatory Pulitzer for “coverage that revealed the complexities of building the James Webb Space Telescope.”
Futuro Media and PRX won the Pulitzer for audio reporting for “Soft”, a podcast the judges called “a brutally honest and immersive profile of a man re-entering society after serving more than 30 years in prison.”
The advice from the Pulitzer noted the “challenging and dangerous times for journalists around the world”, honoring 12 journalists killed covering the war in Ukraine, eight Mexican journalists murdered this year and other cases of aggression and intimidation against journalists in Afghanistan and Myanmar.
The special citation for Ukrainian journalists applauded the “courage, endurance and commitment to truthful reporting during Vladimir Putin’s relentless invasion of his country and Russia’s propaganda war.”
With information from Brian Stelter of CNN
Source: CNN Brasil
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